Lead MySQL DBA - direct hire, fulltime, relocation included

Lead MySQL DBA


This position is responsible for leading a team of database administrators and maintaining the integrity and security of internal servers and systems. This is a VERY HANDS-ON TECHNICAL POSITION and not strictly overseeing other people.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.
- Ensures the database environment is designed and managed to meet business and IT demands for availability, performance and manageability
- Ensures implementation of industry best practices in systems administration.
- Serves as the point of contact for advanced level troubleshooting issues, and performs hands-on systems administration as required.
- Manages lower level database administrators.
- Involved in application development projects to evolve the database architecture and design.
- Monitors database operations.
- Analyzes and responds to performance and other maintenance issues.
- Inventories and documents forms, reports, notices, etc.
- Participates in the creation of development, staging & production database instances, and the migration of those instances from one environment to another.
- Tests and corrects errors and refines changes.
- Tunes the performance of all the staging and production database instances.
- Performs back-up and recovery.
- Plans and executes disaster recovery.
- Performs complex query development.
- Other duties that are within education and experience or the incumbent may be assigned for the betterment of the company.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS
- Demonstrated exceptional database design and SQL programming skills to perform data
troubleshooting and data manipulation tasks.
- Administering of InnoDB and MyISAM table types.
- Experience with MYSQL replication.
- Experience with multi-master clustering (HA).
- Experience with MYSQL performance tuning and optimization. (query optimization, index tuning, caching and buffer tuning).
- Experience with data profiling, meta data analysis, data modeling and relational schema design.
- Ability to troubleshoot problems in person, over the phone, or via email.
- Solid understanding and experience in disaster recovery, planning and implementation.
- Experience with backup and recovery process.
- Knowledge/experience creating automated reports using perl a plus.
- Must have hands on experience in Linux.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to diagnose and resolve a broad range of technical problems.
- Strong teamwork, leadership and collaboration skills.
- Strong communication skills are necessary for interaction with other teams and departments.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
BS degree in Computer Science or related field from four-year college or university; and 5-7 years minimum MYSQL experience.

Our client provides an excellent benefits package and highly competitive compensation with a base in the $120’s. This position is also eligible for a performance related quarterly bonuses and a relocation.

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity in an established but still entrepreneurial environment, please e-mail your most current resume in a word document to BarbaraL_100@msn.com. All inquiries are strictly confidential. No resumes will be presented without prior permission.

Pay:

125K

Job Location(s):

954(FL)

Company:

Confidential Employer

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barbaral_100@msn.com